Archives - 24 September 2012, Monday

Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network . Bitcoin is a...

Dissectiong the Bitcoin Double Spend Attack A paper has recently surfaced entitled "Two Bitcoins at the Price of One? Double-Spending Attacks on Fast Payments in Bitcoin" which purports to have successfully crafted fraudulent double-spend transactions. It's an amazing paper and the vu...

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While Bitcoin has been attempting to bring money into the modern age, it hasn't been alone. The Royal Canadian Mint has been hard at work developing their own digital transaction system called MintChip . It touts many of the cash-like features that Bitcoin merchants love and is backed...

More and more we use the internet for payments. But there are still some security problems to be solved. Scientists of the ETH Zurich from the System Security Group recently tested the security of the internet currency Bitcoin. An uncomplicated, electronic pay­ment system that offers ...

Subject: Bitcoin Securities Offerings (NY-8834) From: Moustakis, Philip [email protected] The staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation in the above-referenced matter. We are contacting you directly concerning your possible investmen...

is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is also the n...